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http://dx.doi.org/10.5352/JLS.2019.29.6.735

Prokinetic Activities of Extracts from the Dried Rhizomes and Roots of Gentiana scabra Bunge in Mice  

Lee, Hyun-Tai (Biopharmaceutical Engineering Major, Division of Applied Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Dong-eui University)
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Journal of Life Science / v.29, no.6, 2019 , pp. 735-739 More about this Journal
Abstract
The dried rhizomes and roots of Gentiana scabra (GS) have been frequently prescribed as a traditional folk medicine in East Asia (including China, Japan, and Korea) for the treatment of various pathophy-siological conditions, such as inflammatory skin diseases, anorexia, indigestion, gastric infections, and diabetes mellitus. In the present study, the effects of aqueous (GS-W) and ethanolic (GS-E) extracts of GS on gastrointestinal (GI) motor function were investigated by measuring the in vivo gastric emptying rate (GER) and the intestinal transit rate (ITR) in mice. The GER was significantly increased by GS-W at a dose of 1 g/kg. The ITR was significantly increased by GS-W (at doses of 0.1 and 1 g/kg) or GS-E (at a dose of 1 g/kg) in a dose-dependent manner. Furthermore, the ITR value of GS-W (at a dose of 1 g/kg) appeared to be higher than that of cisapride, which was the most prominent prokinetic agent in the 1900s but was removed from the market in 2000 due to its fatal side effects. The above results suggest that GS-W might be a potential prokinetic agent to replace cisapride.
Keywords
Cisapride; gastric emptying; Gentiana scabra; intestinal transit; prokinetic;
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